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wave fences Materials cleared from the land were used to build fences. Fence forms varied even within study areas. "_Stake and longer_" fences domi- nated the Avalon at the end of the last century. A post or stake was driven into the ground every 8 feet or so and 2 or 3 horizontally placed...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/74158 2023-12-31T10:19:34+01:00 wave fences 1974/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74158 eng eng W 1974 MANNION Irish Settlements 85 & 107 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14050 W_14050_wave fences http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74158 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z wave fences Materials cleared from the land were used to build fences. Fence forms varied even within study areas. "_Stake and longer_" fences domi- nated the Avalon at the end of the last century. A post or stake was driven into the ground every 8 feet or so and 2 or 3 horizontally placed posts or "_longers_," each around 16 feet in length, were tied to the posts with withes or _gads_� (Fig. 18A). Alternatively the longers were tied to the upright posts by homemade tree-nails or "trunnels," or secured with strips of bark. Along the Cape Shore, and to a lesser extent near St. John's, sticks and branches were woven between either the vertical posts or horizontal rails and were referred to as "_wave_," "_bush_," or "_riddlin_" fences. Another variant was the picket fence, formed of closely-spaced vertical sticks which were nailed or tied to the horizontally laid "longers."� This type usually enclosed the kitchen garden [reverse] p. 107 - Wattled or "wave" fences existed in Ireland in the seventeenth century and the concept of interlacing pliable rods was popular in Irish vernacular architecture ear early in the nineteeth century. The "wave" or "riddlin" fences of the Avalon may be an adaptation of this distinctive technique or may have developed independently in the study areas. PRINTED TIEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 See FENCES (over) Not used Not used Withdrawn reverse of card at w_14051 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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wave fences Materials cleared from the land were used to build fences. Fence forms varied even within study areas. "_Stake and longer_" fences domi- nated the Avalon at the end of the last century. A post or stake was driven into the ground every 8 feet or so and 2 or 3 horizontally placed posts or "_longers_," each around 16 feet in length, were tied to the posts with withes or _gads_� (Fig. 18A). Alternatively the longers were tied to the upright posts by homemade tree-nails or "trunnels," or secured with strips of bark. Along the Cape Shore, and to a lesser extent near St. John's, sticks and branches were woven between either the vertical posts or horizontal rails and were referred to as "_wave_," "_bush_," or "_riddlin_" fences. Another variant was the picket fence, formed of closely-spaced vertical sticks which were nailed or tied to the horizontally laid "longers."� This type usually enclosed the kitchen garden [reverse] p. 107 - Wattled or "wave" fences existed in Ireland in the seventeenth century and the concept of interlacing pliable rods was popular in Irish vernacular architecture ear early in the nineteeth century. The "wave" or "riddlin" fences of the Avalon may be an adaptation of this distinctive technique or may have developed independently in the study areas. PRINTED TIEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 See FENCES (over) Not used Not used Withdrawn reverse of card at w_14051 |
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